1. There’s something that’s always scared me a little about driving on the Dallas North Tollway–it could be because people feel compelled to go 100 miles per hour and/or that it costs money. The tragic car accident that happened last night doesn’t make me feel any better about it. Apparently, last night a woman was driving the wrong way–very fast–and hit someone head on. Both drivers were killed. And this isn’t the first time it’s happened this year.
2. It’s almost summer. 100 kids take a sick day. If they were high school seniors–or even juniors–you’d automatically think “skip day.” Unfortunately, these were Range Elementary students. More than 100 of the Mesquite kids were out sick on Monday,  and swine flu is the suspected culprit.
3. The Texas Lege’s session ended yesterday. Although they did manage to ban “minimum” grades, increase teacher’s pay, and work on equity between “rich” and not-rich districts, they didn’t come up with any solutions on how to fix the broken school finance system. I’m sure Eric would have a great comment/joke about that. Unfortunately, he’s too busy sending text messages asking certain people to take on his “Leading Off” duties.
